Saturday, September 11, 2010

Never in a million years would I think I'd be on YouTube but it is something I am going to do.Numerous owners of the Bailey Home Quilter have asked me to make some videos showing how to do some things on the machine. I've thought about it and quickly pushed the idea to theback of my mind hoping someone else would do it. It is obvious that sometimes you have to be the one to step up. I'm up for it. With the help of my son, today we'll be doing one.Pretty simple stuff, how to thread the machine. It's funny how I assume ANYONE should know how to do that but it is not that easy for some people. I don't mean to sound like I'm making fun of anyone, that's not my intent. Just seems as though if threading is a problem for you then the whole quilting on a frame thing is going to be riddled with problems. For those of you who do quilt on a frame you know the learning process initially was frustrating to say the least. You'd have problems and no idea why. Strange how after several months those things just kind of disappear and the quilting is fun. Anyway, hopefully someone will gain knowledge from one of my videos and make their learning quicker. I do have to remember to say that this is just my opinion on the video, I don't want people thinking I'm an official or anything. lol

The end of the month is the annual Tucson Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival. I LOVE going to it and can't wait. I hope to not spend too much money. :) I've just heard about Shiva paint sticks and would love to try them using the stencil method. I am hoping they'll be at the show so I can pick a few up.Since my fabric dye is still sitting on the shelf with the fabric, looking at me, I'll try to not get carried away with the paint sticks. I was so thrilled to try the fabric dyeing and then came to a halt because I didn't have buckets. Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

I started a couple wall hangings for my sister-in-law last week. I started the quilting on my Juki because they are small but suddenly remembered why I wanted a frame so badly. lol. I found the big pvc clamps from a hand quilting frame I have and snapped them over the wall hanging so that

I don't have to do all the pinning. So thrilled that it worked. The top one is the one I'm finishing up on now and then I'll do the other and post a picture of that. She has no idea I'm making them. She LOVES lighthouses so I know she'll enjoy them.

What have you been up to lately? It's finally cooling off here so I'll be getting busy piecing and quilting.